Goober is a car mechanic. He is single,
childlike and works outside of town at
Wally’s Filling Station for $1.25 an hour.
Goober likes to read comic books, play
checkers, hunt and fish and do impressions
(very bad ones at that) of Cary Grant
("Judy, Judy, Judy, Judy”) and Edward G.
Robinson (“OK, you guys. Beat it, you
guys”). To get around Mayberry, Goober
drives a red pickup truck (License:
M379054).

Goober was born and raised in Mayberry. He
attended Mayberry High School where he played on
the football team. After high school Goober
trained to be an auto mechanic in Raleigh and
then did a stint in the National Guard where he
picked up the phrase “Yo.”

"Well I can't do William Holden he talks like
everybody else."

Goober loves to eat pancakes and once won a
pancake eating contest at the county fair by
downing 57 pancakes in one sitting. Goober also
won an arm wrestling contest four years in a row
and a turkey shoot in Mt. Pilot two years
running.

Goober’s favorite vegetable is corn on the cob;
his favorite movie is The Monster That Ate
Minnesota (he’s seen it ten times); and his
favorite toy is a Teddy Bear named Buster. Over
the years, Goober has owned as pets a skunk, a
canary named Louise and a dog named Spot
(without spots).

Although talented in many areas, Goober is shy
and awkward when it comes to women. His romantic
encounters included Lydia Crosswaith, Sheriff
Andy Taylor’s cousin, Gloria from Siler City,
Flora Matherbe, a diner waitress and Dr. Edith
Gibson, a well-read intellectual that Goober met
through a computer dating service. Goober had
mislead the service with faulty information. For
instance, "he reads 30 books per month" (comic
books), and "enjoys sports" (bowling & pool).

"You don't sweat much for a fat girl."

Kindhearted, Goober is always willing to help
out a person in need. Goober‘s affiliations
included membership in The Regal Order of the
Golden Door to Good Fellowship; a singer in the
town choir; and the manager of Mayberry’s Little
League baseball team (“The Giants”).

His cousin, Gomer Pyle also works at Wally’s
Filling Station (he later joined the Marines).
Gomer admired his cousin and once defended him
saying “My cousin Goober ain’t stupid. He’s
ugly, but he ain’t stupid.“ Coincidentally,
Goober’s father also operated a gas station. And
after working 11 and 3/4 years at Wally’s Fillin’
Station, Goober eventually purchased the station
and became the proprietor (with financial
backing from Andy and friends).

In his spare time, Goober likes to hang around
the courthouse and chat with local sheriff Andy
Taylor. Andy has deputized Goober on occasion to
help out in a pinch. Once Andy even deputized
Goober's cousin, Gomer who proceeded to cry
"Citizen's Arrest! Citizen's Arrest!" when he
saw Deputy Barney Fife perform an illegal U-turn
on Main Street.

Now sometimes Goober can be irritating, but once
he got so obnoxious that people in town began to
avoid him. This occurred when he returned from a
hunting trip wearing a beard he grew while in
the woods. When someone mentioned that his new
whiskers made Goober look intelligent and
professorial, the remark went to Goober's
pea-brained head and soon he began to act the
part of a know-it-all philosopher sage. But his
unsolicited advice and tidbits of personal
wisdom soon distanced Goober from all of his
friends. Luckily, Goober came to his senses,
shaved off his beard and went back to pumping
gas and reading comic books.